Ingrowing-toenail appliance



, Aug.17,`192e. A1,596,532

F. HAENER INGRowING Tol-:NAIL APPLIANCE v Filed May 25l 41925 PatentedAug. 17, 1926.

FRANK HAENER, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

INGROWING-TOENAIL APPLIANCE.

Application filed May 25, 1925.

My invention relates to devices to be applied to ingrowing toenails forthe purpose of lifting and guiding the toenail out ot the liesh andcausing it to grow into a natural and normal form, the object being toprovide such a device that is simple and easily applied, comfortablyworn, and having no projecting` parts to wear the stocking or shoe.

I accomplish the above object by means of the construction illust-ratedin the accompanying drawing, which is a part ot' this application .torLetters Patent, like characters of reference indicating like partsAthroug'lfiout the several views thereof, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a toe with inv device in positionthereon.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation ot my device.

Fien 3 is a plan view ot the same.

a side elevation thereot.

- is 5 is a section upon line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of my device.

ln general my device consists of a double walled guard with portionsadapted to lie respectively above and below the nail, and having` doublewalled arms rearwardly eX- tending each adapted to embrace the edge otlthe nail where it is growingl into the flesh at the side thereof Thedevice is formed ot a strip ot thin vmetal folded upon itself with aspace between the adjacent portions, and the whole curved to lit thecurvature of the nail. rlhus there is an upper portion 7 and a lowerportion 8 with a space 9 therebetween, the two portions i' a d 8 being`curved so that said space will be suitable to receive therein thetoenail, as shown in Fin'. l.

Extending from each end of the portions 40 and El are double walledaims, the upper andV lower walls whereof are extensions of the upper andlower portions 7 and 8 respectively, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6,designated l0.

ln use said arms 10 are placed to embrace the corners of the toenail,and then the de- Serial No. 32,851.

Vice is pushed upon the toenail until said toenail has entered the space9 between the curved portions 7 and 8. The device is then in place uponthe toe as shown in Fig. l. It thus pushes the liesh adjacent the edgesof the toenail away therefrom, and holds the toenail in correct formuntil it has grown out of the iiesh. the device being occasionallypushed further upon the toenail and the latter trimmed as it grows.

My device may be made of any size, and

constructed of any materials deemed convenient and suitable for a deviceot this character, and while I have illustrated and described a torni ofconstruction found desirable in materializing my invention, l wish toinclude in this application all mechanical equivalents and substitutesthat may fairly be considered to come within the scope and purview of myinvention as delined in the appended claims.

Having disclosed my invention so that others may be enabled to constructand to use the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. .ein ingr-owing toenail appliance composed oit' a rigid curved memberto contact with the forward end ot the toenail and guide the same inproper growth, and rearwardly extending; arms upon the ends of saidmember to receive the side edges of the toenail.

2. In an ingrowing toenail appliance: a curved member comprised ot twoseparate parallel walls of rigid material for receiving the toenailtherebetween and guiding the growth there-ot; and rearwardly ext-endingarms composed of separate parallel walls adapted to receive the sideedges ot the toenail therebetween.

In witness whereof I claim the foregoing; as my Own I hereto afiix mysignature at Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, this 28thday of Apr. 199.5.

yFRANK HAENER.

